Artem Vazhenkov

Affiliated media: Political activist, Blogger

Incident date: June 28, 2021

Attack type:

• Fines and other restrictions following administrative offences

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Andrey Pivovarov's Twitter account

Location: Russia, Tver Oblast, Tver

Additional information:

An administrative case «on the abuse of freedom of speech» was brought against Vazhenkov, the former Human Rights Open Russia coordinator in Tver. He is being prosecuted for a video posted a year ago in which he predicted voting fraud on amendments to the Constitution.